Chung Nam Electronics Co. Ltd. WLANTUBGR Benutzerhandbuch
Q72WLANTUBGR 802.11b/g WLAN USB User Manual
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SSID - A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum)
alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a
network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same
SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card. It corresponds
to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network name.
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit or
128-bit or 152-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard.
Wi-Fi - A trade name for the 802.11b wireless networking standard, given by the
Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an industry
standards group promoting interoperability among 802.11b devices.
WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) - A group of computers and associated
devicescommunicate with each other wirelessly, which network serving users are limited
in a local area.
WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) - A wireless security protocol use TKIP (Temporal
Key Integrity Protocol) encryption, which can be used in conjunction with a RADIUS
server.